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Box Office Performance for Animation/Live Action Movies in 2023

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RankMovieRelease
Date		 GenreMPAA
Rating		2023 GrossTickets Sold
1 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 May 5, 2023 Action PG-13 $358,995,815 33,302,024
2 The Little Mermaid May 26, 2023 Musical PG $298,172,056 27,659,745
3 Avatar: The Way of Water Dec 16, 2022 Action PG-13 $283,067,859 26,258,614
4 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quant… Feb 17, 2023 Action PG-13 $214,504,909 19,898,415
5 Transformers: Rise of the B… Jun 9, 2023 Action PG-13 $157,341,749 14,595,710
6 The Creator Sep 29, 2023 Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $40,774,679 3,782,438
7 Strays Aug 18, 2023 Comedy R $23,988,885 2,225,314
8 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Nov 11, 2022 Action PG-13 $17,329,414 1,607,552
9 Jurassic Park Aug 26, 1994 Adventure PG-13 $12,881,195 1,194,916
10 The Lord of the Rings: The … Dec 17, 2003 Adventure PG-13 $1,176,085 109,098
11 Harry Potter and the Deathl… Nov 19, 2010 Adventure PG-13 $706,013 65,493
12 Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile Oct 7, 2022 Musical PG $185,300 17,189
Total Gross of All Movies$1,409,123,959
Total Tickets Sold130,716,508

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2023. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2023. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011. Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.

Our Theatrical Market pages are based on the Domestic Theatrical Market performance only. The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).

The yearly amounts on our Theatrical Market pages are based on box office years. Each box office year starts on the first Monday of the year, so the previous year ends on the Sunday before the first Monday. For example, the "2017 box office year" started on January 2, 2017 so the "2016 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 1, 2017.